"I'm scared to be a woman"
Subtitle: human rights abuses against transgendered people in Malaysia
By: Neela Ghosal
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [New York, New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781623131845
Subjects: Transgender people; Abuse of
Other titles: Human rights abuses against transgendered people in Malaysia
Description: "This 73-page report documents government abuses against transgender people in Malaysia. In research in four Malaysian states and the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur, Human Rights Watch found that state Religious Department officials and police regularly arrest transgender women and subject them to various abuses, including assault, extortion, and violations of their privacy rights. Religious Department officials have physically and sexually assaulted transgender women during arrest or in custody, and humiliated them by parading them before the media."--Publisher's website.
Notes: "September 25, 2014"--Table of contents page.

"This report was researched and written by Neela Ghoshal, senior researcher in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Rights Program at Human Rights Watch."--Page 73.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A Note on Gender Identity; title: Glossary; title: Map of Malaysia; title: Summary; title: Methodology; title: I. Background; title: II. Criminalization and Mistreatment of Transgender People under Sharia Law; title: III. Police Harassment of Transgender People; title: IV. Sexual Assault by Wardens and Detainees in Lockup and in Prison; title: V. Failure to Investigate Crimes against Transgender People; title: VI. Broader Discrimination; title: VII. Access to Gender Recognition and Sex Reassignment Surgery; title: VIII. Government Response; title: IX. International and Malaysian Law; title: Recommendations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Appendix I: Malaysia's Sharia (Syariah) Laws on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, by State; title: Appendix II: 1982 Fatwa Issued by the National Fatwa Council Prohibiting Sex Reassignment Surgery.